Lion fighters

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Lion fighters on the stringer in the foreground; in the background the Amazon on horseback

Lion fighter is a bronze sculpture by the German sculptor Albert Wolff based on a design by Christian Daniel Rauch . Depicted is a rider on a rearing horse who is about to pierce a lion lying on the ground with his lance . The sculpture was made by the Hermann Gladenbeck foundry and erected in 1861 on the western stringer of the staircase leading to the Lustgarten of the Altes Museum in Berlin . The sculpture Amazon on horseback by August Kiß , which is the counterpart to the lion fighter , is located on the eastern stringer . Both groups of figures weigh about two to three tons each .

A replica of the horse of the lion fighters group stands in front of the Welfenschloss in Hanover . It represents the Sachsenross contained in the state coat of arms of Lower Saxony .

Web links

Commons : Lion Fighters (Berlin, Altes Museum)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bronzes Amazone and Lion Fighters, National Museums in Berlin (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '8.2 "  N , 13 ° 23' 54.8"  E